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Table of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1924— continued. SOUTH ISLAND— continued.

Appropriation. Division. CD cm i Section. Main Line, i Eo JO Total. Under Under : Forma- Plate- ! tion. , laying. ; _ i i State of Line. Opened. ! rtate- ! laying. ; j I Date. | J° 1920-21.1 1921-22.J 1922-23. 1923-24.J Total. 1 2 3 4 M. ch. 5 1 Greymouth -Runanga Colliery 5 M. ch. 5 1 6 M. ch. 2 10 7 M. ch. 7 11 8 M. ch. 9 M. ch. 10 M. ch. 11 12 M. ch. 13 M. ch. 14 M. ch. 15 M. ch. 16 M. ch. 17 M. ch. 5 1 State Col-' liery, or Coal Creek Railway Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Collieries 3 69 2 20 6 9 1 Dec, 1904 21 Jan., 1914 3 69 Extension 3 69 Runanga Colliery-Point Elizabeth Collieries 2 44 Runanga to Seven-mile 24 37 j Greymouth-Hokitika GreymouthHokitika K u m a r a Branch HokitikaRoss Greymouth-Hokitika 2 44 24 37 1 40 2 10 4 4 26 47 2 44 3 Sept., 1923 2 44 2 44 24 37 Kumara Branch 4 10 I Kumara Branch 4 10 4 10 4 10 I I Hokitika-Ross 15 75 ; Hokitika-Ruatapu .. Ruatapu-Ross ■ Survey to Ross Township 10 0 Ross-Waitaha 92 38 Picton-Seddon Seddon-Kaparu Kaparu-Ward Ward-Mirza Mirza-Wharanui Wharanui-Kekerangu Kekerangu - Hapuka River 40 50 Hapuka River-Lime-stone Creek Limestone Creek-Con-way River Conwav River - Mendip Hills 5 61 Mendip Hills 7 10 7 21 1 44 0 61 0 69 7 71 8 10 1 44 9 Nov., 1906 1 April, 1909 7 10 7 21 1 44 New survey Picton - Waipara Ross-Waitaha Picton - Kaikoura .. 10 0 33 45 6 30 8 15 3 38 4 38 7 0 29 32 3 26 0 76 1 20 0 30 0 34 10 0 36 71 7 26 9 35 3 68 4 72 7 0 29 32 2 54 I 56 6 •-. 3 20 13 April, 1911 4 Dec, 1915 •• 7 0 29 32 118 .. Hapuka RiverMendip Hills ■• 23 0 23 0 23 0 Prelim. 7 0 7 0 Mendip Hills - Parnassus Parnassu 8- Waipara 10 50 10 50 5 61 5 61 5 61 2 0 3 61 .. HurunuiWaitaki 44 14 Parnassus-Mina Mina-Domett Domett-Tormore Tormore-Ethelton .. Ethelton-Seargill .. Scargill- Waipara 206 7 Culverden- South Waitaki 13 0 Culverden-Achray .. Achray-Rotherham.. Rotherham- Waiau .. 44 14 8 43 3 63 3 10 5 28 8 51 14 59 206 7 1 14 0 70 JO 66 9 57 4 53 9 24 1 ■- " 1 Sept., 1912 1 Aug., 1910 14 Nov., 1906 21 Mar., 1907 3 Nov., 1905 >- 44 14 Main Line 0 51 1 2 64 68 9 2-2 15 61 270 75 f 206 7 206 7 13 0 5 23 1 75 5 62 0 10 0 43 1 3 5 33 2 38 6 65 .. "I ::r 15 Dec, 1919 13 0 13 0 .. ! .. __